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Post by Cher on Aug 14, 2004 18:51:41 GMT -5
This is the piece that was in this house when my hubby bought it, they used it as a door stop. LOL It has a few tiny splatters of paint on it but otherwise, it's just here, weighing a ton! You can see how long it is in the pic, the width of the piece is 5 inches.   I'm having a hard time convincing hubby I need those tumblers, I'll never get a saw.  Cher |
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Post by sandsman1 on Aug 14, 2004 19:32:04 GMT -5
you can eather saw it in slabs and make stuff or bustit and tumble it iv seen some real nice polished wood befor from a tumbler i tumbled some small pieces and made two pendents for my daughter  |
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Post by krazydiamond on Aug 14, 2004 19:58:09 GMT -5
Cher, that is gorgeous piece of pet. wood......wow, i'd be hard pressed to whack that puppy up it's so nice just the way it is.......a real natural rock to be admired in it's own right.
start small with one tumbler, hubby will get used to it....
KD
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Post by Cher on Aug 14, 2004 20:05:15 GMT -5
Yeah, I don't know if I could whack this one. Guess it might just be a door stop the rest of it's life. That seems such a waste though and the curiosity of "what's inside" is hard to take.
LOL I'm hoping if I complain enough that it takes soooo long with just one tiny tumbler, he'll get tired of listening to me. "nag nag nag".
Cher
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Post by cookie3rocks on Aug 14, 2004 20:29:59 GMT -5
Thats a great piece of pet wood! Looks like someone cut it from a live tree. I have some that I haven't gotten to tumble yet and methinks it will be next, after seeing those pendants.
Rosie, tell your hubby you can make big money with this hobby! Worked for me ;D $$
cookie
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rollingstone
starting to spend too much on rocks
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Post by rollingstone on Aug 14, 2004 20:48:39 GMT -5
That's a really nice piece of petrified wood. If it were me, I'm pretty sure I'd be keeping it whole. You don't have to use it as a doorstop, put it on a shelf for display and admire it!
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Post by Cher on Aug 14, 2004 22:06:12 GMT -5
If I don't get a tumbler soon, I'll be putting it on ebay so I can get the $ to get me tumblerS. Yup, LOL I already want two tumblers. Greedy aren't I.
Thanks for all the input though, it's back in the cupboard with the dust bunnies for now.
Cher
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Post by BearCreekLapidary on Aug 17, 2004 0:24:35 GMT -5
Hello Cher,
I have seen some awesome door stops, and that would be a great one.
I know of a gentleman in Nevada that has a 28 pound piece of Grade AAA Gem Sugilite, that he uses for a door stop! It's worth thousands! I asked him why he uses it as a door stop and he said, "Crooks are not going to take a door stop! They are bound and determined that the good stuff is hidden somewhere inside, besides most of them don't have the intelligence to tell the difference between what's good and what's not anyway!"
It looks gooooooooood to me!
John
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deepsouth
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by deepsouth on Aug 17, 2004 4:59:15 GMT -5
HalloCher,
You have a great looking doorstop there, don't smash it , you will find more smaller pieces eventualy anyway.
This one is way too cool for the smash and grab..
Jack
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